Im provem ent in seed-planters



W.l o, Pi'rrs, oil* IMPROVEMENT fl'N PATENTICE' AsTIN, TEXAS. .o I

Specification forming part of Letters Patent Nip stdlgfdatgdglay 11360.v

To' all whom t 'may foncer/'11: i l

Be it known that I, "WILLIAM C. Prr'rsot" the eil y of Austin, in the county of Travis, in

the State of Texas, have inventeda new ond. useful Improvement on Machines forkPlanting Corn, Cotton, and other Seeds;` and I do ldeclore that the following is n full and exact ide'- soription of' the construction of the san1e,ef exence being had to the annexed drawings* making a, part of this specification, in which- Figure is n perspective View, nnd'Fig. 2 is,V a delineation ot n section, consisting `ofthe1 beam-plate, resting' upon the same, the slide and bars across the saine, pitmancrank, and rolleruor driving-wheel.

The follow-ing is n description of the con-f struction and operation of 'tlieinfiehine` o A, Fig. l, is a, double beam,veo'nsistingof two iron bars bolted A'together in front with two bolts, leaving a spnoe forvthe yrod to-oome through diverging and widening to thel back,

the endsof crank or axle of the'lroller or drivf ing-wheel workingin the eye or holes in the l ends of the same.

B, Fig'. 1, a steel plow, made ofshare-steel,

i4five inches wide and one-fourth inch thick,Y 'welded in front from bottom l.to top, leaving'- :t space for thel rod to pass through opening behind threeinobes at the top end two inches4 "at the bottom, enoh share turning out nt'tlicL bottom, so as to give it shape, leaving the plow in such shape at the'ibo'ttom 'as to out .the furrow without tinto-wing out the dir-t,'let

-ting the same fall boel; into the furrow, thus' covering the seeds without any fdry dirt-,fail-A ing upon or invoontact-with -theimmidcovering the seedswithont the aid of barrow-teeth .or sinailplows attached behind the main plow -o throw the dirt' back into the furrow, thus doing away with the har-rowgteethV or' smoll .plows 'to cover the seeds,v which are: very rnch lin the way by clogging with weeds, wet dirt, and otherwise, requiring` eonstant-stop-- page 4to clear them olf. AtV top of tbe-plow are two oarsturning olf square or horizontally, j with ahole in eaeb, through which?` n' bolt-lor serew passes tol oo nlne the plow totheplnte; resting on thevbeam. i -flhe baokof th'holl of the plow is 'shut'- or closed up bynpla i sheet-iron, fastened at'tlie-top. bythe-bolts() serewsholding theplow'to the'plztteftlgo 'iowen end confined to ,the ployyA;ny:'ztf1brooeor rod.`

or .the seeondj sion :of the`seedgjbox, by whichseedsffroni hat ibex are" dropped into the hollowk 'fof thlplowand dropped 'etV the ...same'tirn-e. with-'goalie"ordifferentrseeds from the front seedhboxdreotly throu'gl the. hollow .ofi-tbegplow. This tubefle'tte'r 0, Eig. 1, is confined jnt the -upperehd to the plate resting upon; the erossbarm attached to'the bea'm 'by a plate of iron sorewed-Ior bolted to the back cross-bor.

g '.D, Fig: .1, isfujufironrod-coning out of the j plowhcld,by"a:jli`ed on the rod inside ofthe 'hollow of 'tbe'plowfiron'tjend turning up and Y passing Vthrough :the .spaceV between the two bars at the'frontfnend f thebeain, and com ined by an ironley throughs-a hole-in the rod,

thus broinga'n'deonlining. the Vplwtrmly.' i

'E',`Fig.f1i, isio'doble' seed-box offshoot-iron", eighteen incli'esllbng' V:ind six andra half inebes4 wide nt'tbe bottom,"t\enty-inobes long and ten inchszwide at the topi, divided bye parti-.-

tom' vis covered with theexception of a space 'a halt' wide, thelen-gtli ofv the box, ondin the contned tothe plntefonj-tlie'lieomby four bolts partei' the second divisioiLFroin'the front' ion,l or differentkinds of seeds mybe plntcd very regularly to'getberffrom thejtwordivisions of ,t'heboixpV tion orosswisetliroug'li; themidd'l'ei The botfor theslide'to workin, which isanv inch and 1 middle of the bottom ot'fthe box; "The boixi's passing through 'guides of the slide, the plate, .and'tlievcross-bm's of the benin.v One ot'.the guides isinsidennd across tliebottom of the foro pa'rt ot the f irstdii-ision of the seedfbox, and-the other is across the bottomy -of .'backiv division, offtbe boxiguono may be distrilmte'dzf4 vvand seed planted fromtlie back or'rear-divis-A F F, Fig. T15, oreille handles;whichfreotfrontlofgthe crank-,liybolt's 'or"` serews." The handles nre-.confined `togetheij by orossel'gers, "inches-obo ve .the roller n ndith'e otheizj f of a.'pitman,lb',is fastened, the other end of -said pitman being -pivoted at c to the seedslide d, that passes longitudinally througlthe thc slide, move forward and backof the brushes h, receiving a charge at both ends of its hopper and Aerrying. them lto the exits m, which areimmediately under the brushes. yFrom these exits the seed :ind guano,-or whatever other article, is sown with the seed--as lime, ashes,` Sac-run' down their respective tubes C B to ai cornnlon delivery point, whence they drop into the` furrow previously prepared bythe plow B, which also constitutes atube or seedduct, '1t being hollow for `that purpose. The

guano or other fertilizer sown with the seed is l placed in the front hopper, e, and, as the distance is less from this hopper to the plantingpoint and more direct than that from other or seed-hopper f, the fertilizer reaches the furrow first, and hence the seed-is droppedon top'l of the fertilizer, yvhich I find advantageous,

n arebrace-rods; o, rung for the handles;

p, the clevis to which the beam is hitched.

It is unnecessary to particularly describe the details of this machine, as they will be readily` understood from the' drawings und above description. v

Having thusfully described the nature and object ot" my invention, whet'I claim `thereinals new, and desire` to secure by Letters Patent,

isl The arrangement of thedouble hoppers ef, double tubes or ducts B C, and single seedslide d, operating` together in the mannerand lfor the purpose'herein set forth and described.

f y W. C. PITlS.- l

Attest: Y

' R. W. RYLANDER CHA'sCoNEY. 

